Oh, the holidays! It’s a time of joy and family, but also of stress and to-do lists. Decorating, shopping, baking, cooking, visiting … You’re trying…
Travel has to be one of the leading stressors of the holiday season, and the stress is higher for air travel, or travel with children.…
If you are an active-duty mother or mother-to-be (or a partner, support person, or health care provider), be sure to listen in as Marie talks…
Standard health recommendations of exclusive breastfeeding for the baby’s first six months sound fine to many expectant mothers. But only 40.7 percent of U.S. mothers…
“Breastfeeding” may not be the first thing that comes to your mind when you think about football, but for many women fans, finding a quiet…
Four years in the making, Noemi Weis’ documentary of birth and breastfeeding around the world seeks to draw attention to the politics, commercialization, and controversies…
Many mothers pump and store their milk so that another caregiver can feed it to their baby in their absence. Figuring out the details of…
Pacifiers. Binkies. Dummies. No matter what you call them, it’s likely you’ll receive some for your baby before he’s even born. Should you use them?…
Obesity negatively impacts the health of women in many ways; for breastfeeding mothers, obesity has been linked to decreased intention to breastfeed, decreased initiation of…
“A mother may breast-feed any place where [she] is lawfully present,” Virginia’s new law promises. Other states have similar “Right to Breastfeed” laws in place.…